Let's change gears for a moment. The economy
is rough, and you may need income. Maybe you
are ok, but you know someone who needs a way to help
feed the family.

I hope this helps you or someone you know:

When I was seven I won the sales contest at the
Potomac VFW. The VFW printed up calendars with
cute covers, they were the size of a checkbook.
We went door-to-door and sold the calendars as a
fund-raising source. I sold hundreds, and won.
Of course, I was cute and charming. It helped.

Beginning the same year I made hundreds of dollars
(at $10 per driveway) shoveling snow in my
neighborhood, and cutting grass in the summer.
When I started a real job at 18, I advanced rapidly
in technical skills and customer service - because I
wanted it. In my first year, I out-sold every other
technician on staff, and received a bonus at
Christmas (which matched my cumulative commission
for the year) and was able to buy my first truck on
Christmas Eve.

See, I needed money. As a kid I liked baseball
and football cards and cherry slush puppies (similar
to a slurpee). As I got older, I liked girls,
boats, 4x4's and boom sticks. All of my likes
required money, so I had to earn.

I have always had an entrepreneurial disposition,
and it continues today. Here is an interesting
bit of human nature I have experienced as an
employer: There is a vast portion of our population
that will simply not work hard to get ahead.
Once (some) people hit a certain comfort level, they
simply won't work for more. They are willing
to coast.

Three years ago I employed two dozen people in the
DC suburbs in a technical service company. I
was horribly disappointed at the level of effort
today's 18-30 year old folks are willing to put into
their jobs. Today, they all work for someone
else, because I can't be bothered with people who
choose not to succeed.

In another business (media related), we decided to
hire a sales staff for a specific venture: a
lifestyle magazine.

Sales people in the DC area want a minimum $52k base, with
health insurance and a 10-20% commission rate before
they sell the first widget. And I'm not
talking about seasoned professionals with a track
record of 7-figure sales. I'm talking about
the young college grad with little or no experience
with the products you are offering or the real world.

Do you have any idea of the effort a person is
willing to invest when they start with a
$52k base?

I do.

I hired five professionals with experience in media
sales (and one young college grad without media
experience) during the same week to push a particular
magazine we were publishing at the time, gave them
the base they requested, fuel allowance, and all the
resources they would need to earn - seriously - a
very easy and BIG six-figure income. All they
had to do was get out there and put the product in
the face of businessmen. I know the product
and pricing worked, because I tested it myself.

The DC Metro area is such that there are
tens-of-thousands of businesses, most of which
advertise constantly. Our city and suburbs are
arranged so that a sales rep can visit hundreds
of
businesses a day, on foot.

What I got, after 2 months of carrying these
professionals on my payroll, was a raft of excuses.
Mind you, I hired people with established careers.
They had lists of clients from when they sold Yellow
Pages ad space, radio spots, magazine ad space, newspapers, web,
et cetera. To a person, I found they would
spend a few hours each day giving the barest effort
to setting up appointments.

Collectively, they moved about $50k of ad space over
2 months. (That is abysmal) Most of that was
accomplished by the one young guy who had never sold
anything but door-to-door pest services - but he
wanted it. The others failed because they did not try.
I made it too comfortable for them.

My mistake. I learned. Now, if I decide
to give a person a shot to work for me selling a
product, they get a straight commission. If
you sell, you get paid. No sale, no eat.

One of the most successful HVAC companies in America
was down in Texas. The owner succeeded,
believe it or not, by going door to door and selling
HVAC systems and services like a vacuum cleaner salesman.
Every day, he'd go knock on doors. Can you
imagine how many times he heard "No thanks" or had
doors slammed in his face? But he went out
every day, and it added up. He retired a very
wealthy man.

Most of the wealthiest people in the world sell
stuff. Insurance and real estate are the big
ticket items, but, ultimately, whatever you do for a
living, sales is involved, somewhere in the business
model. Even if you are a World Class
bio-researcher, sales is involved: Because whoever
is underwriting your research is looking ahead,
hoping to have a product to sell as a result of your
work.

Real sales is not the smarmy, fast talking garbage
spewed by the stereotypical used car sales slug in
plaid from the 70's. Smart sales involves a
soft approach, simply letting folks know that you
have X product to offer. If they want it or need it,
they will buy it.

You give your business card or promotional piece to
as many people as possible, and you never
try to sell anything on the first contact. If
you are a decent human being, the sales will take
care of themselves.

It is a numbers game, pure and simple. There
is a certain number of people, at any given moment,
who want or need a particular product or service.
The key to sales success is simply being in their
orbit when they want or need your product or
service. If your sales rate is 1%, and you
need to move 10 units per day, you must expose your
product to 1,000 people each day.

Are you unemployed, or under-employed? Surely
you have a skill worthy of marketing, even if it is
simply shoveling a sidewalk for $20. Decide
what you can do, and then go and meet every single
homeowner and business owner in your AO. You
can buy 10,000 first class business cards from
printplace.com for less than $100. (I buy quite a
bit from printplace.com and I can endorse their
work.)

Here is a business model that I know works, and
anyone can do it with zero start-up cost and
immediate income.

If you need money to feed your family, here it is:

Go to local businesses and meet the manager or
owner. Offer to take 5,000 of their business
cards or sales flyers and hand deliver them to 5,000
households in the area. Pick a nice
neighborhood, so the merchants are reaching the best
demographic.

Charge $188 for your service. (For most
businesses, $188 is throw-away money) If you get 10
businesses aboard, you gross $1,880. You can
walk to 5,000 homes in 2-3 days, depending on the
neighborhood. If it is a townhouse
development, you can get it done in a day.

You put your 10 ads in an envelope or plastic
newspaper bag, and knock on
every door. If anyone is home, smile and hand
them the envelope. If they are not home, leave
the envelope in the door (not the mailbox - Big
Uncle has a problem with that).

You can fine tune your business. Tell your
customers to give only business cards, or only 4x9
postcards, et cetera, so that when you hand it to a
resident, they are receiving a tidy little package.
You can buy nice envelopes, and if you have a few
bucks for start-up, you can even have the envelopes
pre-printed with your company name to build your
Brand.

You can tell your customers to have special
postcards printed, offering a coupon or discount
that is not available anywhere else. That way
the business will know that your efforts are
effective, as the customer comes in with the coupon
that only you were delivering.

Why would a business owner do it?

It does not matter what the economy is like:
Businesses that do not advertise will die.
Advertising is simple arithmetic. For him to mail 5,000 postcards at
First Class rates is $2,200. Even if he uses
the bulk mail process, his best rate will be $.17
per piece. That is $850. You only charge
$188 - it is a no-brainer.

You can also explain to the business owner that with
your service, the homeowner will pay special
attention to his piece. How many postcards
does the mailman deliver every day? Most of us
simply throw them all away. The message is
lost in the junk. Your service hand
delivers his message, and you limit your
package to only a few advertisers, so he isn't
simply one voice in a big stack.

The key is to get out and get it done.

Get a haircut. Shave. You do not need a
suit to meet a business owner - you need sincerity
and a good offer. Businessmen look at the
bottom line. He'll want to know that you
deliver the pieces, rather than just dumping them in
a trash can. So, tell him exactly which
neighborhoods you will service. He probably
has a friend, relative or customer he can contact
next week to verify delivery.

When you go door-to-door, dress nicely. Jeans
work, with a nice button-down shirt and a nice top
coat. Harriet Homeowner is not really
interested in opening the door for Mr. Scruffy on
her front step.

I promise this works. Your mileage may vary,
for obvious reasons. If you live in a small
town or rural area, the demographics are difficult
to overcome. Fiddle with your numbers.
If you decide to include 10 advertisers and you
charge $198 instead of $188, you have increased your
net profit margin by $100 for the same amount of
work. Charge less if you must.

The most time consuming aspect is stuffing 5,000
envelopes with all the ad slicks. Get the kids
involved.

Think about it.

Instead of hoping to be the one person hired out of
hundreds of applicants for one of the few dead-end
jobs out there - take your future in your own hands
and get to work!

Excerpt: There
comes a time when civility is no longer appropriate
as the only option on the table. Dare we not offend the
sensibilities of Liberals, Socialists, and Communists in our
midst who are ruining and destroying our republic? Are we
to cower and sheepishly genuflect when we are scolded for
the tone or choice of our words in the face of ruin,
poverty, tyranny, and death?!

Are
we so frightened of chastisement from insignificant men and
women of the political Left with stained and darkened souls
that we turn from our duties of Patriotism and shun our
sacred obligation to support and defend the Constitution of
the United States of America? We ask you, is not our
republic worth the risk of being castigated? Is the soul of
our mighty nation no longer worthy of our fortunes, our
lives, and our Sacred Honor? Have we lost so much of our
heritage, our courage, our mettle, and grit that we will
stand idly by and permit the foolish and the stupid, who
work hand-in-hand with evil people in our nation, that we
will permit them to send us into eternal slavery and tyranny
as the world has never before witnessed?

Excerpt: You are a
fool if you do not believe that elements of the Left would
use force, if they could, to compel you to comply with many
of their edicts. In drafting healthcare reform, they use
the threat of financial fines, felony conviction and
prison if you refuse to buy health insurance!

How is that not only a
degree or two removed from a pistol to the head? We are
undeniably heading toward the same tyrannies known to
Russians, Germans, and the Chinese. It starts with
Liberalism, advances to Socialism, and ends with Fascism,
Communism, or some other tyranny…and death.

Excerpt:
We have a
culture of people whose first response to a physical threat
is to dial 911, or worse, a lawyer. We have a nation of
people who will dump hot coffee on themselves, then sue the
restaurant – and win! We have a nation of educators
who suspend children for drawing a picture of a handgun or
for bringing a Boy Scout knife-and-fork kit to show and
tell!

We have a nation of
people so removed from the food chain that many would starve
to death if the local supermarket closed. We have a nation
of people who cannot truly grasp the hardships faced by most
of the people in the world every day, and as a result we
have a nation of people who have lost fundamental common
sense.

Excerpt: The Bill
of Rights articulates the natural rights of man, rights that
are not bestowed by government, but rights that are innately
ours as human beings. These rights may not be taken from
us. These rights were written in plain language so that no
clever interpretation and manipulation of the intent was
possible. These rights may not be restricted, narrowed, or
infringed. Any attempt to do so is a violation of the
relationship between Man and Creator.

Every narrowing,
restriction, infringement, and clever interpretation imposed
upon us in the years since our Constitution was ratified is
simply a violation of our natural rights.

We hold that every
violation of the Constitution and Bill of Rights by those in
Government is an act of Treason, as these violations are
unjust, undermining the fundamental foundations of our
republic, breaking the pact between citizen and government,
and desecrating the relationship between Man and Creator.
Any man or woman who enforces these unconstitutional laws on
behalf of government is a treasonous soul and an enemy of
Liberty and humanity.

Sons of
Liberty Flag

Try not to make it to
the Big League before it begins.

How do you know when
you have made the Bigs?

You catch a Federal
case.

When you earn real
attention from our Masters, you'll know it...usually
after it is too late. Our Masters will
tolerate quite a bit from folks, even Patriots who
are rabble-rousing. They really don't care if
you are stocking up on rice and beans, even rifles
and bullets. They don't care if you call them
names or incite a few misdemeanors or send them
snarky little letters. If you are trying
to get their attention and you have not yet caught a
Federal case, it's still amateur hour...or maybe you
are valuable to them...

It's when you start
to have an impact on the flow of dollars that you
will earn real interest. Write a report that
negatively impacts the stock value of a few Fortune
50 companies, and you will soon have a genuine
understanding of the term
Lawfare.

You may also be schooled on Constructive Possession.

There are many
lessons you may be taught. Right Now.

You will learn inside
baseball details about the US Code that will make
you ill.

The world begins to
move very, very quickly.

You will be faced
with stark choices that have never entered your mind,
because you think you understand the rules.

You
do not understand
the rules, until you have been inside the machine.

Then your options are
put on the table: 2 years if you take the deal, or 20 if
you fight...and we'll add a Conspiracy case for your
little dog, too...

You will learn that
the power of a US Attorney is crushing.

Do not make it easy
to take you out of play, Patriot.

And, it is oh, so
easy...if they ever decide to do it.

The choice is
theirs...not yours.

Truth, Justice & the
American Way?

Not so much.

The DOJ conviction
rate is 95% in a bad year, and pushes above 98%
according to some stats. The deck is not only
stacked in their favor, they own the deck. And
the card table. And the casino. Do you
understand?

Can you name any
Federal bureaucracy that runs at a minimum 95%
efficiency rate? What does that tell you?

Do not make the
mistake of thinking that you intimidate them just
because they have not yet chosen to come for you...

The
Point: If you are trying to incite Big
Brother to notice you, go for it! But,
man up and roll bigger dice.

If
you would prefer to make your preparations for it
with relative impunity, just go about your business
and avoid taking actions that will make it easy for
Them to take you out of play, and do not give them a
reason to take you out of play. Don't
telegraph about the details of your preparations or
defensive measures. Don't put a pistol in your
belt, against your local laws, unless you are
willing to use it when LEO spots you in the
convenience store. Avoid gratuitous violence.

Do
not draw hyperbolic lines in the sand. When
you draw lines in the sand that you do not defend,
it reveals you for what you are deep in your
Soul...and some of that bad energy splatters on us,
too.

There
will be plenty of opportunities for a fight, if you
want one, soon enough. Be smart, stay off the
radar, so that any fight you engage will be on
your terms.

Every
day I strongly recommend everyone who comes to
my site: Take a moment and visit
Concerned American at Western Rifle Shooters.Have you taken a
good look at the time and effort that has been
invested there to build such a utilitarian
collection of practical knowledge? There is no
wasted effort: Every resource is useful, and
worth your time to investigate.

He also posts a few topics of
the day, but he has a unique twist that is supported
by a knack of finding relevant material from which
one can learn. The other day he posted videos
from an old experiment that must be watched and
understood by every person who hopes to survive
whatever may come our way. Milgram.
Click it. Study it. Burn it into your
psyche and reflexes...here.

He does not fall into the blog trap of posting a
story, then shaking his head...his 2 cents are worth
more than most...

Historians consider that
about 3 percent of Americans
took arms and challenged the
King during the Revolution.

3 percent. III Percent.
Threepers.

Patriots.

We exist today.

We are that percentage of
Americans who have the tools
and mettle of the Militiaman
who stand and have drawn a
hard line for the Hard Right
of the political spectrum.

We are that cadre of
American Patriots who refuse
to yield further. Our
fathers and grandfathers
permitted the insanity of
Collectivism too much
latitude,
and it
is we that History has
called upon to set the
republic back to her
Constitutional principles.

The diseases of Liberalism
and Collectivism are
murdering the republic.

We are simply Patriots who
are finished passively
backing up. We are Patriots
who have decided to take
action...and if you are an
enemy to the Liberty of the
republic, stand aside, shut
your mouth, or face the
consequences of trying to
enslave a group of men and
women who have no intention
of accepting the chains.

The concept of the III
Percent is a matter of
historical fact and state of
mind. It is not a club
or private group. No
Patriot need submit an
application to any
Leader seeking
acceptance, and no entity
may strip you of the III
Percent title.

If you
are an American who shares
the ideals of that historic
III Percent of Americans who
took arms against the King
and took to the field when
we needed serious men and
women who were willing to
fight, kill and die for the
ideal of Liberty, you are a
III Percent Patriot.

Sam
III

Every single law on the books, ultimately,
is enforced with the muzzle of a weapon. It does
not matter if the charge is failing to pay your
property tax or jay walking, hosting a yard sale
without a town permit, or murder, if you resist the
punishment in any of these cases, Government will
escalate until you yield or...the final step results
in the
discharge of firearms.
You forget this at your
peril.
~ Kerodin

A
book examining the
philosophical and
practical challenges
facing Constitutional
Restoration, and a few
of the key personalities
in the III Percent
Movement.
By Hellesponte & Kerodin

Get your head
on straight, Patriot!

Following the
counsel of idiots and hollow heroes regarding SHTF
circumstances will get you dead...and if you can't tell the
difference between serious men and hot-air machines, you're
already half way to a mass grave. Growling on blogs
about how you will not yield one more inch, or one more
of your gun rights, then letting LEO have your pistol
during a traffic stop makes you a pathetic joke, not a
Leader worthy of serious consideration.

Hyperbolic
proclamations about what you will do to any Alphabet Agency
team making a dynamic entry to your home is hardly helpful
to the Patriot cause.

If you draw a
line in the sand, defend the damned line! Do not whine
and make excuses later about the better part of valor!
Your poor judgment (drawing the line) and cowardice
(choosing not to defend it) colors us all.

Man up
and think for yourself, or you are wasting perfectly
good air, and feeding those who depend on your intellect
and common sense false hope.

"Liberalism, and Liberals, are ruinous to the republic,
and must be marginalized if America is to survive.
Patriots must step
to this challenge and risk the wrath of the Politically
Correct, and do the work that must be done to honor our
Fathers. Liberals must be stopped, at any cost." -
Kerodin

"No, I apologize for nothing. I know the truth,
regardless of what may be in the press. I know
that when I stand before Saint Peter, I will be granted
passage. If I am ever granted audience with God, I
have nothing to fear. I have lived the life He
chose for me, and I still have much work to do..." -
Kerodin

"No man
looks forward into life when young and can imagine for
himself the life I have lived. But I am better for
it. I have been places never anticipated. I
have had experiences never dreamed. I have met
people who would have never otherwise been in my social
or professional circle. I have, many times, leaned
upon the words of Winston Churchill - 'When you are
going through Hell, keep going!'" - Kerodin

My family
continues to promote my values where I can not.
They are Patriots. If you ever meet my wife, you
will meet the most loyal wife and Patriot in America.
She is brave, brilliant, and bold. We fight
Liberal stupidity together through the First Amendment.
Laws change - and one day I will stand with her again in
the Second Amendment fight that she carries on when I
must stand aside." - Kerodin

Current political leaders are only the face of the problem
confronting America today. The underlying cancer
eating the American Soul is Liberalism. But for your
Liberal neighbors, Liberal politicians would never be
elected to office.

It is not sufficient to simply defeat Liberal politicians at
the polls. Liberalism must be defeated in our society
and Liberals must be marginalized, or this disease will kill
the republic.

Every patriotic business owner should immediately fire every
Liberal on staff and hire an employee who respects the
nation and our Constitution. Why should any business
owner suffer an employee who will simply vote for
politicians who further ruin the company?!

The Liberals in your community must be ostracized and denied
entry into your social circle. These stupid people are
responsible for the insanity that affects everything from
your property taxes to the curriculum taught to your
children. Why would you break bread with them, when
they are the reason your bread costs too much? Why
would any parent permit them access to their children, when
they are responsible for ruining your child's future?

Excerpt:

This book
may not be for you.

If you consider yourself to be a Liberal or Progressive,
go away. You are not permitted to buy this book. This
book is written by patriotic Americans for patriotic
Americans. This is a discussion among ourselves, and if you
are a Liberal politician or you vote for Liberal
politicians, (Of the genusStupidus
Liberalis) you are not invited to participate.

First, we will demonstrate that all politicians, judges, and
government employees at the Local, State, and Federal levels
who support federal Healthcare Reform, the Assault Weapons
Ban, TARP, Stimulus I, Free Trade Agreements, PATRIOT Act,
the new “Jobs” bill, or a host of other such Federal
programs or initiatives, are guilty of Treason against the
United States of America.

Secondly, businesses, multi-national corporations and
special interest groups that support Liberal politicians
and/or Liberal programs, Cap & Trade, Global Warming
legislation, et cetera, are committing Treason against the
United States of America.

Finally, we will demonstrate that those private Citizens who
support or vote for any of these politicians—once the nature
of the politician is known to the public—or programs are
equally guilty of Treason by knowingly lending material aid
and support to a Traitor.

Excerpt:
The five most
expensive parts of our national budget are:

1.Social Security

2.Medicare

3.Medicaid

4.Defense

5.Interest on the National Debt

Numbers 1, 2 and 3 are
wholly unconstitutional and brought to us by Liberals.